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Moscow invites Poland's Jaruzelski to VE Day celebrations

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The administration of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has invited Poland's general Wojciech Jaruzelski to the 65th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II.

The administration of Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has invited Poland's general Wojciech Jaruzelski to the 65th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II, the Polish Radio Foreign Service reported on Saturday.

It said 12 heads of state had already confirmed their presence at the anniversary.

General Jaruzelski was one of the nine former heads of state who had fought in World War II, including George Bush and Valery Giscard d'Estaing.

Jaruzelski, Poland's prime minister from 1981 to 1985 and head of state from 1985 to 1990, was the country's last communist leader. He resigned after the Polish Round Table Agreement in 1989 led to democratic elections in Poland.

In 2005, General Jaruzelski attended the Moscow celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, together with then Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski.

WARSAW, March 27 (RIA Novosti) 

 

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